how do we rise above the world's other economies? how do we compete with the other world's economies? how do we win the u.s. back in terms of manufacturing and jobs? what got me this weekend was a report highlighted in "the wall street journal" called u.s. corporations pay 35%. the reason for this is that the myth still persists that we have a 35% rate but nobody pays it. here's one of the reasons why. there was a study done by the gao that focused on 2010, one year, came up with 12.6%. go back down. i'm going to read it. don't panic. senator carl levin, a one man wrecking crew, this is in it, of american -- i like that. senator carl levin, a one man wrecking crew of job creation, declared that this study that came out of 12% declared that america's large profitable corporations are paying a lower tax rate than our teachers and firefighters. this went back and said, look, this isn't the way to do it, not one year, because it followed the recession. it followed 2008 and 2009. you remember ge and other corporations? the entire financia